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adj
Not free; lacking freedom, especially (historical) of a tenant who was bound to a manor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A person lacking freedom, such as a tenant bound to a manor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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adjective
hampered and not free; not able to act at will
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: free
adjective
held in servitude
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: free
History
From Middle English unfre, from Old English [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic *unfrī; cognates include Middle High German unfrī (German unfrei), Middle Low German unvrī, Middle Dutch onvri (Dutch onvrij). By surface analysis, un- + free.
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